printer recommendation request

[Bob Rasmussen]

I recently went looking for a printer similarly configured for testing 
with Print Wizard, on a similar task. I ended up getting an HP Laserjet 
4014n, and adding a duplexer, a stapler, and one additional input tray. 
For my testing, I'm using the manual feed slot for my third input, but it 
is possible to add another standard tray.

This is a monochrome laser printer; I assume you don't need color. It can 
accept plain text, PCL-5, PCLXL (PCL-6), PostScript, and PDF directly.

I found HP's website confusing, in part because it might branch you into a 
"home" track or a "small business" track, and the available data is not 
all the same. I ended up ordering from PCZones instead.

For a SCO that old, you may have to consider interface options. Printers 
don't generally come with parallel interfaces, and I don't know if one is 
available.

Using Print Wizard 4, currently in beta, I set up following input 
conditions:

1) Main input file is PCL-5, each invoice occurs only once, but file 
contains multiple invoices.
2) Overlay is a 3-page PCL-5 file.
3) Three paper colors, in three bins, as you describe.
4) Printing front-side only.
5) Placement of both overlay and main data adjusted slightly on the page.

I succeeded in each of these scenarios:

BURST: Print the entire job once on white paper, with overlay page 1, then 
once on pink paper with overlay page 2, then once on yellow paper with 
overlay 3.

STAPLED SETS: Print page 1 on white with overlay page 1, page 1 on pink 
with overlay page 2, page 1 on yellow with overlay 3. Staple the set. 
Proceed to main page 2, etc.

I don't know about the rest of you, but *I* thought this was pretty cool!

On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, daN baueR wrote:

> As I look to buy a new HP Laserjet printer I'd like to make sure it'll work
> w/o too much fuss. The server here is running SCO Release = 3.2v5.0.7 and
> filePro V 5.6.  Currently we've got a HPLaserJet 4250 with two paper trays
> that has worked great, and is still working great. I'd like to add an
> additional printer for a new process that will be printing a 3 part form
> single sided.  Page 1 in white, page 2 yellow and page 3 pink.  So what I'm
> looking for is a printer that accepts 3 paper trays. Price is of course
> important but not the overriding concern. The duty cycle isn't too demanding
> we're only talking about 300 or so forms a month.  Figure 1,000 pages a
> month.  The make or break item is that it must have 3 paper trays. I
> appreciate any advice you can offer.
> 
> -- 
> daN baueR
> dan at onlinemgt.com
> google voice 347-542-7267
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Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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